Chart A6. Standardised mortalityratio, circulatorydisease, Dorset 2001-2003. Source: NCHOD. ... Chart A6 on page 86 shows a different way of looking at death rates for diseases, known as a standardised mortalityratio. In simple terms, this is a way ... likely to die from circulatorydisease compared with someone the same age and sex

from heart and circulatorydisease in Dorset reflects the older average age ... The major causes of death in Dorset are very similar to the rest of the country, i.e. heart and circulatorydisease and cancer. Table 4 below shows the causes ... Table 4: Causes of Death in Dorset and England and Wales Cause of DeathDorset England/Wales Circulatory and heart disease Neoplasms (cancers) Respiratory disease

AIDS was first recognised as a disease in the early 1980’s amongst homosexual men in USA. In Africa it is a major cause of death affecting large numbers of the population. All countries of the world are affected to some extent by the disease. HIV ...dorset

Lyme disease (data from the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory, Porton ... or to the east coast of the USA. Cases were reported throughout England and Wales ... Isle of Wight and Dorset (n=91), Devon, Cornwall and Somerset (n=57), Avon